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Month: January 2011

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Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Hear My VOICE: Thenuja Tharmeshwaran ~ “I am always my father’s favourite”

Thenuja Tharmeshwaran (15) waits with hope at the entrance of her school~ ” (dot) is placed perfectly between her two eyebrows along with sandalwood and holy ash on top decorating her smooth…

Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai on 01/08/201101/06/2011
Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Hear My VOICE: Velupillai Yesupalan ~ “My father is my role model”

Velupillai Yesupalan (16) seems nervous and unsettled as he waits at his school during the morning break~ drinks interval as it is called here in Jaffna. He wears a pair of Dark…

Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai on 01/07/201101/06/2011
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Vavuniya

Fire and Storm: Essays in Sri Lankan Politics by Michael Roberts commends citizen journalism during war

here. Referring to the bloody end of war in Sri Lanka, when original content and debates on interrogated stark ground and political realities, Michael has this to say of the site and…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/06/2011
Colombo, Features, Identity, Long Reads, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Religion and faith

Political Opposition in a Nihilistic Sinhala Society

[Editors note: The intense and interesting debate this article generated resulted in a longer response by the author. Read it here – .] Taking off from the present This new year loaded…

Kusal Perera Kusal Perera on 01/06/201101/11/2011
Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Hear My VOICE: Jalajakumari Selvarasa ~ “I could often feel the nostalgia”

Jalajakumari Selvarasa (41) is very duty conscious in a bottle green traditional Shalwar Kameez. She sits at the entrance of the women’s side of the springs, and gives the instructions in Tamil…

Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai on 01/06/201101/06/2011
Colombo, Identity, Jaffna, Poetry, Politics and Governance

The Offer from a Sri Lankan Tamil Man

My King! I propose a deal with you COMPATIBLE with my Membership of our country I hold so dear which you do not wish to deny. My King! Here is your part:…

Mahesan Niranjan Mahesan Niranjan on 01/05/201101/05/2011
Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Hear My VOICE: Arumugam Varatharajan ~ “I want to feel “belonged”

The time is 12.10PM, it is lunch time in Sri Lanka. The scorching Sun shines bright in Jaffna, North of Sri Lanka. Arumugam Varatharajan (56) wrapped in an old Blue Sarong and…

Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai on 01/05/201101/05/2011
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Polls

A critique of the Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Bill

Juanita Arulanantham & Andi Schubert Introduction[1] This briefing paper highlights some of the key aspects of this Bill and attempts to provide the reader with a basic introduction to the issues and…

Juanita Arulanantham Juanita Arulanantham on 01/03/201101/03/2011
A-Z of Sri Lankan English, Colombo, Language

A-Z of Sri Lankan English: H is for had

I recently listened to someone telling a story in the course of an informal conversation. The speaker was a Sri Lankan whose first language is English, and the story involved a group…

Michael Meyler Michael Meyler on 01/03/201101/01/2011
Colombo, Long Reads, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Reconciling Sri Lanka

Due to Sri Lanka’s geographically strategic location coupled with its natural and economic resources the absence of war will give us a chance to move in the direction of a vibrant South…

Kanishka Ratnapriya Kanishka Ratnapriya on 01/01/201101/01/2011

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